ext_29030 ([identity profile] devonapple.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] roseembolism 2008-07-29 11:32 pm (UTC)

I think the horror/thriller genre tends to sidestep a lot of those conventions as written, while supporting the cultural anxieties in other ways. Not a lot of marriage talk in the "Halloween" movies, but still a lot of objectification and violent subtexts ("but they're already violent!" "I know, but even so, there are subtexts to the violence which prove the men don't respect the women").

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